Chapter 44: Ransom Conditions

In the camp of the counterinsurgency army, Zhang Xutuo stood in front of the marching map for half an hour. I didn't speak, I just stood quietly!

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Cheng Yanjin, who were also in the camp tent, also stood quietly behind him, not daring to make any moves, for fear of disturbing the general's thoughts!

After Qin Qiong and the others came back from Donglai City, they told him everything that happened in the city in detail. Even, Su Shang suggested that they send their relatives to Donglai City for refuge, but they did not hide it!

After Zhang Xutuo listened, he kept standing in front of the marching map. On the surface, he was silent, but in fact, in his mind, he had already turned over the river and the sea!

He had never understood that the counterinsurgency army was here to exterminate the rebels and protect the safety of the people, but the strange thing was that there were many wealthy families who did not welcome the arrival of the army, and even some local officials made it difficult for the counterinsurgency army by prevaricating and deducting military rations and salaries. He always thought that it was because of his too upright personality that he had offended them!

But I didn't expect that the real reason turned out to be like this! Destroying the rebels themselves prevents them from grabbing greater profits, so they want to drive themselves away, and even more, they want their army to lose the battle!

Although he has a straightforward personality, he is not stupid! He hadn't thought about these things before, but now that he calmed down and thought about it, he quickly understood the deeds of those wealthy families!

Zhang Xutuo was a little cold, he felt that Su Shang's conjecture would not be wrong, and he would soon leave the army! The court, which is controlled by the family gatekeeper, will no longer let itself control the army. His own ending, if it is better, he may be transferred back to the court and promoted to a vacant position, and if it is not good, he may end up like General Yujuluo!

Thinking of General Yujuluo, Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but feel sad! He had a good relationship with Yujuluo, and once listened to orders under Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, fought together, and was born and died together. Their friendship was established on the battlefield, and they experienced the baptism of life and death, which is very deep!

"Shubao, what you said about General Yujuluo, is it true?" Zhang Xutuo's voice was not loud, mixed with deep sadness! He didn't want to believe that General Yujuluo had been killed by a wealthy family!

"I think it's true! Although we have not yet received it, there is news about General Yukura. But I don't think Su Gongzi will lie to us, after all, this thing is easy to verify! Although Qin Qiong didn't understand why Zhang Xutuo was so sad, he still said his opinion directly!

"Yes! It seems that this thing is true! Zhang Xutuo's voice was very low, and what happened to his friend made his heart grief!

"Su Shang's analysis is good, I also think that the court will transfer me back, Qi County is in danger! What are you going to do, do you want to send your family to Donglai City? ”

Zhang Xutuo endured the grief in his heart and asked about the plans of Qin Qiong and the others! Qin Qiong and the three of them are all his henchmen, if they are transferred, even if they stay, life will not be easy!

Qin Qiong looked at Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin, and said to Zhang Xutuo in a low voice: "General, we plan to send our family to Donglai City first!" As for us, we want to see it again! ”

"It's better for you to send your family first, Donglai County is much safer than outside!" Zhang Xutuo looked at the night sky outside the camp tent with his eyes, "Donglai County is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the rebels have no ships, if they want to attack Donglai County, they can only take the land route, Su Shang can easily defend it with his elite allies!" ”

"General, don't you send your sister-in-law here?"

"No more! I'll take them to Luoyang, the eastern capital! Zhang Xutuo's voice was very gloomy, he had accepted it in his heart, the upcoming transfer!

"General, do you want to sell those captured weapons to Su Gongzi?" Cheng Biting Jin's big voice buzzed, he had been thinking about it, because he had no money in the army for three months, and he had no money to drink for a long time!

Zhang Xutuo lowered his head and thought for a long time, then looked at the three of them and said, "If you sell it, you will sell it to them!"

"If you sell your weapons, you can pay your brothers in the army!" Zhang Xutuo's voice was full of sadness, "The officers and men in the army haven't heard for three months, and even the dead brothers haven't been compromised, I'm sorry for them!" ”

"General ,......" Listening to Zhang Xutuo's words, Qin Qiong's hearts were moved and sad, and they didn't know what to say for a while!

Zhang Xutuo waved his hand at them and said, "Okay, don't say anything else!" I'll leave it to the three of you! ”

"Yes, General!"

……

In the Allied Army, in the camp of the Chinese army, Su Shang and Du Ruhui were discussing. Now that Wang Bo's bandit army has been wiped out, the army led by Zhang Xutuo is about to withdraw, and the external troubles in Donglai County have been temporarily eliminated.

When Su Shang and the two were discussing how to clean up the internal troubles in Donglai County, suddenly, a personal soldier came in to spread the word!

"Report! Marshal, Cui Yue, the head of the Cui family in the city, came to ask for a meeting! ”

Cui Yue, the head of the Cui family? It's so late, why did he come to the big tent in the army to find me? Usually Cui Yue has something to do, and he is looking for himself in the county guard's mansion, Su Shang's heart is a little strange, is there news about Qingying?

Since the matter between Su Shang and Cui Qingying was known by the Su Gu family, Su Gu told Su Wenxian that day, and then Su Wenxian went to Cui's house early the next morning to discuss! It's been a long time now, but there is no news from the Cui family, although Su Shang is nothing on the surface, he is actually quite anxious and nervous in his heart!

"Let him in!"

Soon, the pro-soldiers brought Cui Yue in! As soon as Cui Yue saw Su Shang, the more closely he stepped forward and saluted, "Good president!"

"The Cui family master is welcome! Have a seat! Su Shang looked at Cui Yue with a smile, and made a gesture of please with his right hand!

"The head of the Cui family came to the barracks to look for me, I don't know what happened? Is there news from Luoyang? ”

Listening to Su Shang's words, Cui Yue was a little stunned, and it took a while before he came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "No! The news of Luoyang has not yet arrived! Recently, bandits have been rampant in various places, and the official road to Luoyang is not safe, so the news is a little slow to convey! Please forgive me, President! ”

"It's fine!" Su Shang was a little disappointed, but he still smiled and waved his hand to Cui Yue and said!

Cui Yue looked at Du Ruhui and said to Su Shang: "President, there are two people from the Taiyuan Wang family and the Quyang Zhao family who are looking for you. They said they wanted to meet the president, and they wanted to talk to the president about the traitors Wang family and Zhao family! ”

"What's there to talk about! The traitors must be destroyed! Su Shang frowned, "Do they want to ransom those traitors out?" ”

"Listen to them, it seems like this!" Cui Zhao saw Su Shang frowning and said cautiously! He didn't know what Su Shang was thinking, and he was a little worried that Su Shang would be angry with him!

Su Shang frowned and thought for a while, "It's okay to redeem people, I'm not such an unreasonable person!" However, you first tell them that those people are traitors to Donglai County, so all their previous property in Donglai County has been confiscated, and if they want to ransom people, they can only bring their own belongings and send them to Donglai City! ”

"And tell them! Copper money and meat are good, I don't want land shops or anything! The world is about to be in chaos, and these things are useless! All I need is gold, silver, food, and all sorts of supplies! ”

"Yes, I'll tell them!" Cui Yue was a little scared, he didn't expect Su Shang to be so ruthless!

Listening to Su Shang's meaning, if no one comes to redeem him, he will not only confiscate the property of the Wang and Zhao families, but also kill them all! Cui Yue couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, fortunately he had stopped the precipice at the beginning, otherwise the Donglai Cui family would be gone!

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